Java creator James Gosling: “Google totally slimed Sun” — Gosling said that Sun was “wronged” by Google, and that Oracle is right to sue Google for the way it used Java code in Android. — Follow @dbfarber — James Gosling speaks at JavaOne conference in San Francisco in May 2007.

Oracle: Google execs ‘knew this day would come’ — SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle made its closing statements during the first segment of the Oracle-Google trial this morning, and it all boils down to this: Google is making excuses for taking the property of Sun Microsystems — and now Oracle — and using it on Android.

Rumor: Digg to be acquired by The Washington Post — With a history only fitting an Internet business, Digg has seen the highest of the highs and the lowest of the lows, and everywhere in between. — We've received a tips from multiple sources that Digg may have found a suitor by way of The Washington Post.

The Digg Team Is Going To WaPo, But The Assets Aren't — Has The Washington Post acquired Digg, as reported in The Next Web? Sort of. — We're hearing that the Post has hired the Digg team, but is not acquiring the site or the technology. In other words, this is a talent acquisition …

The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK ISPs, court rules — The Pirate Bay is hosted in Sweden, where it has an active supporter base — File-sharing site The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK internet service providers, the High Court has ruled. — The Swedish website hosts links to download mostly-pirated free music and video.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg Reveal a New Tool on Facebook that Could Save Lives in Exclusive Interviews with ABC's Robin Roberts and Diane Sawyer — Zuckerberg Interview to Air on “Good Morning America” and Sandberg Interview to Air on “World News with Diane Sawyer” Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Apple squared, (four)squared — I was down in Soho last week, visiting (of course) the new Manhattan REI store. After the shopping spree, I pulled out my iPhone and found a dinner recommendation on Explore: five of my friends had eaten at La Esquina, several of them more than once. Bingo.

I'm leaving the internet for a year — At midnight tonight I will leave the internet. I'm abandoning one of my “top 5” technological innovations of all time for a little peace and quiet. If I can survive the separation, I'm going to do this for a year. Yeah, I'm serious.

George Hotz, Sony, and the Anonymous Hacker Wars — In the summer of 2007, Apple released the iPhone, in an exclusive partnership with A.T. & T. George Hotz, a seventeen-year-old from Glen Rock, New Jersey, was a T-Mobile subscriber. He wanted an iPhone, but he also wanted to make calls using …

Skype Reveals Remote and Local IP Address Of All Online Users — If you are a user of the messaging software Skype, you know that you can see the location of your contacts in the Skype interface. What you probably do not know is that there is currently a way to display a Skype user's remote and local IP address as well.

Apple and Taxes: What the New York Times Missed — I have never seen the exterior of the offices of Braeburn Capital in Reno, Nevada, and so I have the New York Times to thank for the photograph of its offices that accompanied its Sunday front-page story on how Apple avoids paying certain taxes …

Apple's Israeli hiring goes into high gear — High-tech workers, update your CVs: In the coming weeks, Apple's Israeli headquarters will be posting dozens of positions to be filled — Sagi Cohen — Preparations for — At the end of March, Apple's international site was already running four ads …